"He is in office but does not pursue his political ambitions. As a county official, he has no compassion for the people. He is extremely greedy and cruel. Shouldn't he be killed?" Zhao Hanzhang's face was solemn, his eyes swept over the hurriedly arriving chief registrar and other officials, and he reluctantly
He said angrily: "I don't care what the atmosphere is outside, but under my jurisdiction, since you have occupied a position, you must do what you should do in this position."
"If you don't want to do anything, get out of here as soon as possible, don't occupy the latrine and do nothing!"
Wu Erlang was shocked by Zhao Hanzhang's vulgarity, but he couldn't help but praise in his heart, just don't occupy the latrine and don't shit.
Fu Tinghan stood indifferently, turned over the paper in his hand, and handed it to Zhao Hanzhang who was sitting, "This is the case accumulated on the table."
Zhao Hanzhang took it and looked at it, her face became even worse. She was so angry that she threw the paper in her hand at everyone's face, "One hundred and twenty-eight households in Houshan Valley have fled, and only thirty-nine households are left. Out of the thirty-nine households,
Nearly half of the Luocao gangsters are robbing passing merchants, and they are reporting to the police to appease the remaining villagers. Just like this, you still say that nothing happens in the county. Are your eyes and brains just decoration?"
Everyone lowered their heads in shame and trembled.
Qiu Wu quickly took Magistrate Hu’s head and reported, “Girl, he has been beheaded.”
Zhao Hanzhang:......
She turned her head sadly and waved her hand: "Let the Hu family restrain themselves. Why are you bringing his head back when you have nothing to do?"
Qiu Wu stiffened, thinking that his master would want to take a look. After all, this was the first county magistrate she had killed.
However, Zhao Hanzhang had no intention of humiliating Magistrate Hu, and directly asked Qiu Wu to send the head back and bring the body back to the Hu family.
Then she stopped paying attention to this matter and asked Liang Hong, "How much food is there in the county government warehouse now? How much is it? Can we buy enough food to help the people in the county immediately?"
Liang Hong's mind was still occupied by the head of Magistrate Hu that he had just seen, so his face was pale and he didn't know what he was talking about. "There are only more than two hundred stones of grain, and there is not much money in the warehouse. To buy grain, we have to contact the Guo family.
The Ma family has a good relationship with the county magistrate, so if the county magistrate comes forward, it should be cheaper..."
Zhao Hanzhang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who were the two people who took medicine and drank with Magistrate Hu just now?"
Liang Hong's head was still buzzing, and he said with a dull expression: "It should be Mr. Guo and Mr. Ma. They often talk and drink with the county magistrate. They are close friends."
Fu Tinghan had already flipped through the book on the table quickly, and he spread out the account book in front of Zhao Hanzhang.
Zhao Hanzhang took a look and condensed his eyes slightly, "So your Biyang County's silk and satin is so famous? You can harvest so many silk cocoons every summer and autumn. Where did the money and cloth go?"
Liang Hongdao: "Most of them are at the county magistrate's home..."
"Liang County Cheng!" Master Ma couldn't help shouting to bring him back to his senses!
Zhao Hanzhang's eyes fell on Master Ma, half-smiling but not smiling, "It seems that one life is not enough. Master Ma is so anxious. Could it be that he misses Magistrate Hu and wants to go down there to accompany him?"
Master Ma's expression changed, but he raised his head and said, "If the county magistrate wants to kill, he will kill him. Hum, to govern the people with fear, after all, it is a woman's scheme, extremely vicious!"
Zhao Hanzhang was so angry that he put his hand on the handle of the knife, but Fu Tinghan reached out to hold her hand, shook his head slightly at her, looked at the account book in front of her and said: "I need all the account books and household registration of the household."
Zhao Hanzhang calmed down. Yes, she had a ready-made reason to kill Magistrate Hu. It was fair and just. She was justified in terms of law and morality;
However, there is currently no reason to kill Ma Zhushu. She only kills people based on her will. If word spreads, she will probably cut off all the talents who come to seek refuge with her. It will also make the people fear her, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
Zhao Hanzhang calmed down his anger, looked at Master Ma, smiled and said: "You are right, this county magistrate is really vicious. Someone came and guarded the household room and the county magistrate's office. No one knows the documents inside.
Move on, from now on, everyone in the county government will listen to Fu Tinghan's orders."
Qiu Wu agreed and immediately took his men to seal the house.
Master Ma's expression changed. Most of the core items of the entire county government were in the household rooms.
When the house was under guard, Zhao Hanzhang said to Liang County Prime Minister: "Take someone to check the Hu family."
Before Liang Xian Cheng could react, Master Ma opened his eyes wide and shouted: "How dare you, it will bring harm to your family, Zhao Sanniang, how dare you humiliate the noble family like this..."
Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand and said: "Master Ma is too excited, please come and ask him to wake up in prison and reflect on himself!"
"you dare!"
Zhao Hanzhang sneered, she couldn't kill him now, so why couldn't she imprison him?
Zhao Hanzhang looked at Qiu Wu. Qiu Wu waved his hand, and two strong soldiers stepped forward to grab the horse master's book and drag him down.
Master Ma couldn't help shouting. Fu Tinghan frowned and said to Qiu Wu: "Keep your mouth shut, it's too noisy."
Zhao Hanzhang immediately said: "Yes, block it."
Liang Hong:……
Qiu Wu didn't hesitate, he casually grabbed an official's belt, balled it up and stuffed it into Master Ma's mouth.
Liang Hong hesitated to speak. This was a great shame and humiliation for the scholars. With such humiliation, what if Lord Ma committed suicide?
The most important thing is that it would be very bad for Zhao Hanzhang if this matter spread. No one would ever silence the scholars, although many people wanted to.
The cloth was stuffed into his mouth, and Master Ma whined twice before being dragged down. In the lobby, all the officials were dripping with cold sweat, and they dared not say another word.
Zhao Hanzhang then looked at them again, "Who is going to check the Hu family?"
Everyone was afraid to say anything. Liang Hong gritted his teeth and felt fierce in his heart. He walked out and said, "I am willing to go."
Zhao Hanzhang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, nodded and said: "Okay, you go."
Liang Hong took the yamen servants to the backyard of the county yamen, and Qiu Wu also brought a few soldiers to follow. After a while, loud cries and curses could be heard from the backyard of the county yamen.
Zhao Hanzhang sat motionless, sorting out the moved account books with Fu Tinghan.
Wu Erlang kept looking out, and even Tinghe looked out curiously several times.
When Zhao Hanzhang saw her, he said to her: "If you want to see it, go and see it."
She paused and then said: "The account books have not been sorted out, but Magistrate Hu is not rebelling, and the family cannot be implicated."
Tinghe immediately said: "Yes, I must keep an eye on them and not let them hurt the Hu family."
Zhao Hanzhang nodded slightly.
He went after listening to the load.
Wu Erlang looked eager and regretful, he also wanted to take a look.
Zhao Hanzhang didn't seem to notice, and ordered him to work, "Go out and inquire about the situation outside, especially the situation of the Ma family and the Guo family."
Wu Erlang cheered up and immediately agreed. It would be great if he could go out. The excitement outside was no less than that in the backyard of the county government office.